California’s top health official says Covid data glitch is fixed

The data system the state relies on to make decisions about reopening has been fixed but it could take time to get updated numbers

TONIGHT WITH COVID-19CASE NUMBERS INMONTEREY COUNTY...HIGHER THAN WHAT'SBEING REPORTED.MONTEREY COUNTYHEALTH OFFICEREDWARD MORENO SAYSTHERE IS A PROBLEMWITH THE STATESCOVID-19 ELECTRONICREPORTING SYSTEM...ALSO KNOWN AS "CAL-REDIE".THE PROBLEMSTARTED LATE LASTMONTH.DOCTOR MORENO DIDNOT HAVE AN ESTIMATEFOR HOW MANY MORECASES THERE MIGHT BE .DR. MORENO: THE ISSUE THATWE'REMADE AWARE OF IS THAT NOT ALL OFTHE LAB REPORTS THAT ARE COMINGFROM THE LABORATORIES TO CALREADY WERE AVAILABLE IN CALREADYFOR COUNTIES.

SO WE WENT TO WHENWE WILL GO LOOK FOR THOSE CASEWE WOULD FIND CASES, BUT ITWASN'TA COMPLETE LIST OF CASES THATWESOME THAT WE COULDN'T SEE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS.... THIS AFTERNOON...DOCTOR MARK GHALY,CALIFORNIA'S HEALTHAND HUMAN SERVICESSECRETARY, SAID THETECHNICAL GLITCH HASBEEN FIXED...AND THE CORRECTNUMBERS ARE COMING INAS WE SPEAK.WE EXPECT OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48HOURS THAT THE BACKLOG THAT ISBETWEEN 250,000 AND 300,000RECORDS, WILL BE RESOLVED,GIVINGUS A BETTER SENSE OF THE TOTALNUMBER OF THE TESTS THAT WEREDELAYED.

WE ARE REPORTINGTHESETESTS TO THE COUNTIES BASED ONTHEDATE THE SPECIMEN WAS COLLECTESO WE CAN ATTRIBUTE IT TO THEAPPROPRIATE DAY.

WE APOLOGIZE.YOU DESERVE BETTER.AND THE GOVERNOR DEMANDS BETTEOF US.AND WE ARE COMMITTED TTO DOIBETTER.

.THE STATE HAS BUILTA REDUNDANT SYSTEM TOMAKE SURE THE PROBLEMDOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.DESPITE THE LAG INNUMBERS, DOCTORGHALY SAID HE BELIEVESTHE OVERALL COVID-19TRENDS REMAINCONSISTENT.

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